22 Jun
Discussion We have identified distinct clinical features in patients with ALA who have different epidemiological profiles. Differences were found in groups of patients developing ALA after travel to an endemic area (TrALA) and those with ALA after living in an endemic area (En-ALA). The former were older and more likely to be male and had [...]
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22 Jun
Results Epidemiology and Etiology In this series, the incidence of ALA was 8.5 patients/100,000 hospital admissions. Of those diagnosed, 75% were young men born outside the United States, and only 18% of patients were older than 50. We segregated ALAs by etiology (Table 1). The median time to presentation after travel was 20 weeks, with [...]
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